In fact, the commercial during Sunday’s Super Bowl 50 said exactly what that “biggest” surprise would be. The show will end this May.

If you blinked, you might have missed it. However, show fans should not be too surprised. Showrunners Robert and Michelle King said last month they would leave the show to work full time on their new CBS series, “Braindead” (starring Johnny Ray Gill, Tony Shalhoub and Nikki James).

CBS executives said at the recent Television Critics Association tour in Pasadena that the show could and would go on without the Kings, but no one believed them.

“The Good Wife,” which launched September 2009, is one of broadcast television’s most esteemed dramas: It has received 39 Emmy nominations and five wins for acting. Margulies won for best actress in 2011 and 2014, while Archie Panjabi won supporting actress in 2010.